Leaving the Cave: The nightmare continuesBack to school, back on campus. It does seem a bit odd when other post-secondary institutions are back to online studying, at least until Omicron stops spreading through the population faster then ever imagined. It’s very unnerving when things are beyond our control, and I can’t begin to imagine how the politicians feel, knowing they’ve […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 26, 2022 issuePub half empty: The January 20, 1997 issue of Nexus began with a heated letter from a student of Camosun’s Hospitality Management program about attendance at the campus pub. The letter expressed frustrations felt by those in the program regarding a lack of students visiting the pub. It seems that the uninvolved student body lives […] Continue Reading |
Kaleidoscope: January 26, 2022 issue |
Show me the Money: What’s in store for 20222021 was an incredible year in the financial world. We saw stock markets breaking new records, ordinary folks getting extremely rich betting on meme stocks and crypto, inflation raging high thanks to COVID, and weather-induced supply-chain disruptions, to name just a few things. What can we expect in 2022? The biggest concern on everyone’s mind […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Spider-Man: No Way Home a swinging good timeSpider-Man: No Way Home (2021) 3.5/4 Spider-Man: No Way Home is easily the best Spider-Man movie I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing on the big screen. Throughout the course of these Jon Watts-directed movies, Tom Holland has continuously knocked it out of the park both playing a young Peter Parker and Spider-Man, and this […] Continue Reading |
This System Is Broken: Unwelcome trespassersThere’s a lot of confusion surrounding the legality of the unapproved Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline being forced through Wet’suwet’en territory. The bottom line is that in forcing this project through lands where hereditary chiefs are saying a resounding “no,” the canadian government is blatantly contradicting itself. Sure, some of the Wet’suwet’en band council are in […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: At the Movies delivers pair of soundtrack-homage blockbustersAt the Movies The Soundtrack of Your Life – Vol. 1 The Soundtrack of Your Life – Vol. 2 (Atomic Fire Records) 3.5/5 This month, Swedish all-star band At the Movies (featuring members of Soilwork, HammerFall, King Diamond, Pretty Maids, and others) released two new records featuring their hard-rockin’ takes on some of the best […] Continue Reading |
New book successfully takes different approach to provincial historyWhen I first picked up the book Haunting British Columbia: Ghostly Tales from the Past by Mike McCardell I was instantly captivated by the use of humour McCardell incorporates into his writing. The book starts off with the introduction of our narrator, who is the ghost of a real engineer from the 1860s. The story […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: The silent story about outstanding femalesAs Black History Month is approaching, let’s talk about some really outstanding females. Back in the day it was hard for women to actually achieve something, but it was even harder if they weren’t white. Let’s have a closer look at NASA, for example. Men didn’t trust calculations by machines and considered this women’s work. […] Continue Reading |
Take a Break with Shuffle Duck: January 26, 2022 issue |
